Box-section.



H. D. BOKOP.

BOX SECTION.

APPLICATION Pimp AUG. 12, 1912.

1,068,304. Patented July 22, 1913.

Sia J/ Witnesses Attorneys HENRY D. BOKOP, OF DEFIANGE, OHIO.

BOX-SECTION.

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1913.

Application filed August 12, 1912. Serial No` 714,665.

To all fie/om it may conce/m 1 Be it known that l, HENRY D. llonor, acitizen of the United iitates, residing at Defiance, in the county ofDefiance and State of hio, have invented a new and useful B0X-Section,of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to boxes, crates, and the like,particularly those which are constructed of sections.

lt the object of the present invention to provide a novel and improvedsection for the construction of boxes, crates and the like, which shallembody a frame and a panel in connection with a wire passing back andforth across the frame to reinforce the panel and engaged to the framein a peculiar inanner.

lt is also the aim of the present invention to provide such a section,which shall be of utmost simplicity, which shall be inexpensive andsubstantial in construction, as well as convenient, and efficient inuse.

liVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will. appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the tonibination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed an d claimed, it being under-stood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings in itspreferred embodiment, wherein like reference characters have beenemployed to denote corresponding parts, and wherein- Figure l is aperspective view of a box constructed of a number of sections accordingto the present invention, parts being broken away. F ig. Q is a sideelevation of one of the sections, with the inner ply of the panelremoved. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the outside of the section. Fig.Ll is a transverse section. F ig. 5 is a sectional detail.

Referring specically to the drawings, each of the sections comprises arectangular frame 6 constructed of wooden strips connected at thecorners in any well known manner, such as by mortise and tenon joints.This frame is provided with a series o f transverse kerfs or notches 7along the outer edge of each of its sides and ends in order to providewire engaging means around the frame.

The frame may be of any preferred construction and in adapting the frameto the present inventioin it is only necessary to cut the kerfs 7 aroundthe outer edges thereof. A wire of high tensile strength and of thesmallest possible gage is then passed back and forth over the inner faceof the frame G to provide the lateral and longitudinal strands 8 and thediagonal strands 9 at the corners of the frame, the wire heilig loopedthrough the respective kerfs 7 and over the other face of the frame adjaeent the outer edges thereof, as indicated by the numeral l0. This wireis drawn taut when it is bent back and forth between the sides and endsof the frame and the ends of the wire may be secured to the frame bymeans of small tacks or other securing members. lt is also understoodthat several lengths of wire may be employed instead of one singlelength, if desired. The wire in thus being passed back and forth acrossthe inner face of the frame provides a network or mesh, the diagonalcorner strands 9 serving to brace the frame as well as coperating withthe transverse and longitudinal strands 8 to provide the ineshwork.

The panel is secured as usual to the inner face of the frame, the panelbeing two plied7 one of the plies being secured to the inner face of theframe underneath the wire strands and having notches in its peripheryregistering with the kerfs 7, and the other ply being secured to theinner face of the frame over the. wire strands, so that the meshwork ofwire is interposed or sandwiched between the two plies of the panel. Thepanel is thus reinforced and is not readily broken open or pressed outof position. The wire in being engaged to the frame by means of thekerfs 'l' is practically invisible, the loops l() being arranged alongthe outer edges of the frame so as not to encumber the frame orotherwise destroy the usual appearance thereof.

ln use, the box, crate or the like, is built up from a number of thesections, the sections being' provided in various sizes so that varioussizes and forms of boxes, crates, and the like may be built up.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, theadvantages and capabilities of the present invention will be apparent,and it will be noted that the objects aimed at have been carried out insuch a manner that the present device provides a desirable one for thepurposes for which it is designed.

Having thus described lthe invention what is claimed as new is l. A boxsection embodying a frame provided with a series of transverse kerfsalong the outer edge of each side and end, a panel secured to one faceof the frame, and a wire passed back and forth over the said face of theframe to reinforce the panel and looped through the kerfs and over theother face of the frame.

2. A boX section comprising a rectangular frame provided with a seriesof transverse kerfs along the outer edges of each side and end, a panelsecured to the inner face of the frame, and a wire passed back and forthover the said face of the frame to provide longitudinal and lateralstrands and diagonal strands at the corners, the wire being loopedthrough the lerfs and over the outer face of the frame and serving toreinforce the panel.

In testimony that I claim t-he foregoing as my own, l have heretoaffixed my signature 25 Copies of this patent may be obtained for vecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

